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With the popularity of "pocket carry" for the smaller .380s like the Glock 42, Kahr's CW380 and Ruger's LCP, the Nemesis holsters from DeSantis Gunhide were added to my list to test and evaluate.
Editor's Review: DeSantis Nemesis Pocket Holsters
While I was at SHOT Show this year the "big news" was Glock's release of the Model 42; their single stack 6+1 .380ACP. With Glock's Model 25 never having been sold in the United States (at least to anyone not law enforcement), the availability of a Glock in .380 seemed huge. As a result, anything .380 related also grew in news value. So I found myself with four .380s to test and a number of holsters to fit them. With the popularity of "pocket carry" for the smaller .380s like the Glock 42, Kahr's CW380 and Ruger's LCP, the Nemesis holsters from DeSantis Gunhide were added to my list to test and evaluate.
First I had to educate myself a tad about the holsters, what guns they would or wouldn't fit, the materials they are made from, etc., and then I had to actually try one or more of them out on a regular basis. The thing about testing holsters is that you can't wear the holster just once or twice and form an opinion. You have to wear it or use it for weeks and, where pocket holsters are concerned anyway, with different pants, shorts, guns, and so on.
DeSantis Gunhide makes three versions of The Nemesis pocket holster that will fit the .380s I had to test (Kahr CW380 and Ruger LCP):
* The Nemesis original
* The Ammo Nemesis
* The Cargo Nemesis
The original Nemesis was designed to hold the gun dropped into a pocket. Nothing more; nothing less. The outside material isn't specified in published materials (that I can find) but is tacky to...